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 Duration 14 hours

Course Outline

Introduction

  • Comparing workflows and agents
  • Overview of architecture and common application scenarios

Basics of the Claude API

  • The Messages API, available models, and key parameters
  • Creating system prompts and defining structured outputs
  • Implementing streaming and handling errors
  • Practical Exercise: Initial API integration

Implementing Tool Use

  • Creating tools and defining their schemas
  • Understanding the tool-use loop and recovering from errors
  • Practical Exercise: Building an agent that interacts with internal company APIs

MCP and Agent Skills

  • MCP server and client concepts
  • Leveraging existing servers and developing a simple custom server
  • Utilizing Agent Skills to encapsulate reusable knowledge
  • Practical Exercise: Linking an agent to a data source

The Claude Agent SDK

  • The agent loop, session management, and context control
  • Managing permissions, hooks, and subagents
  • Practical Exercise: Developing a research and reporting agent

Cost, Quality, and Safety

  • Applying prompt caching and managing token budgets
  • Setting up guardrails and requiring human approval for critical steps
  • Conducting evaluations with a small test set
  • Implementing logging and monitoring solutions

Moving from Prototype to Production

  • Deployment strategies and secure management of secrets
  • Long-term maintenance and version control
  • Developing a roadmap for participants' specific use cases

Requirements

  • Programming proficiency in Python or TypeScript
  • Experience with making REST API calls and processing JSON data
  • A foundational grasp of large language models

Target Audience

  • Software developers and data engineers integrating AI features into products and internal systems
  • Solution architects assessing different agent architectures
  • Technical teams seeking to transition from prototyping to production-ready solutions

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